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LSU Handshake Jobs program..

Posted on 8/5/24 at 3:56 pm
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
1776 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 3:56 pm
Their website is not very informative. For those who started applying for jobs upon graduation, is this a good resource to use? I can't tell if it is for students who want part time work while in school or if its used to match up applicants for starting positions in the corporate world.

My son is 2025 graduating with Poly Sci. Has internship experience in the financial investments world as well as local Governors and Judicial races. Open to both jobs in Policy/Lobby or Investments. Advice on all avenues with which to start uploading resumes. Already on Linked-in.

Are LSU resources worth a damn?
Posted by LigerFan
Member since Jan 2014
2836 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 3:58 pm to
I've posted some internships on there with no luck
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58529 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:01 pm to
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Jobs

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Poly Sci

Starbucks is hiring
Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
7607 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:04 pm to
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Poly Sci

Depends on what side of DEI he’s on.
Posted by Stexas
SWLA
Member since May 2013
6849 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:04 pm to
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My son is 2025 graduating with Poly Sci.

So he majored in beer drinking and arse chasing? Good job dad!
Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
8965 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:06 pm to
Tell your son he’ll have more luck making a list of all the places he might want to work, going to the websites of all those places, and looking for a Jobs/Career section of the website.

Handshake is okay, but you’ll severely limit your options if you rely on it as your primary job search location. The web is a big place… students with the diligence to go company by company through the web will always find more opportunities than students who rely on an aggregator like Handshake.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 4:07 pm
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12280 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:06 pm to
Handshake is just a platform, for some reason universities are pushing it over established platforms. It's not very good.
Posted by GeorgeReymond
Buckhead
Member since Jan 2013
10381 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:16 pm to
Try this site.

LSU Tiger Nation
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
21465 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:24 pm to
Actuallllllly, it’s Poli Sci
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:50 pm to
You’re a Republican and you let your kid chase a worthless degree instead of joining the military or trade school? Did he take student loans too?
Posted by Bayou_Tiger_225
Third Earth
Member since Mar 2016
12506 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:57 pm to
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My son is 2025 graduating with Poly Sci.
. Sounds like he should be starting law school in the fall of 2025.

Hate to be that guy, but if he is having to look on handshake then he doesn’t have the right connections for a lobbyists job in the first place.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 4:58 pm
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
12840 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:59 pm to
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Open to both jobs in Policy/Lobby or Investments.


Best of luck getting into any of that in Louisiana.

People I know in political lobbying made their bones on a successful state campaign, leveraged that for better jobs and have been "around" for almost 20 years.

Some others got into it by "connections" to more influential folks.

Pretty sure you have to move for "investments" unless you want to work for Northwestern Mutual cold calling your closest 200 friends.
Posted by DTRDude
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2023
120 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:01 pm to
law school.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17458 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:09 pm to
Do you go on job interviews with him too? Or just line them up?
Posted by Him Mulkey
Gainesville, FL
Member since Jan 2024
8 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:10 pm to
Linkedin and Indeed are better
Posted by frequent flyer
USA
Member since Jul 2021
3394 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:10 pm to
Yeah we use handshake when recruiting out of LSU. Most universities we go through uses Handshake.
Posted by parrothead
big salty ham
Member since Mar 2010
5113 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:11 pm to
The only poly sci grad I know ended up getting a MPA, then got a PhD, and is now a dean and director of grants at a community college
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
46136 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:49 pm to
Use keyword searches on indeed and then apply directly. There is a lot of low paid grunt work in politics if you are open to moving. You aren’t going to walk into a cushy well paid job unless you have connections.
Posted by Roy Curado
Member since Jul 2021
1446 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:57 pm to
I have a Poli Sci degree but do cybersecurity. Use his Poli Sci degree to get the critical thinking skills needed for another career field.
Posted by Stoic Poser
South LA
Member since Apr 2023
513 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 6:05 pm to
Yup, used to offer in top floors of Middleton
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